Gardeners urged to help Britain’s struggling hedgehogs

A new report has rung alarm bells about the rapid demise of Britain’s hedgehogs.

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Since 2,000, the UK’s hedgehogs have declined by half in rural areas, and by a third in urban ones.

Now, there could be less than a million left.

The worrying statistics came to light in ‘The State of Britain’s Hedgehogs 2015’ – a new report launched in November 2015 by The People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS).

According to the study, the loss of hedgerows and intensive farming in rural areas have played a key role in ‘hogs decline.